Safe and the like.



. F; PACKINGER. SAFE AND `THELIKE. APPLCATION FILED MAY l8r i916.

Patented Dec. 26, 916.

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FRANK PACKINGEB, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO J. C.SPARROW, 0F CLEVELAND, CHIO.

SAFE AND THE LIKE.

Application led May 18, i916.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRAXK PACKiNonR,

like, otivhich the following is a specilication.

The invention provides a new arrangement of bolts and bolt sockets and anew mode of operating bolts for safes, fireproof cabinets and othersimilar doored structures. It will be suflicient herein to explain thenovel features of the invention as adapted tolircor burglar-proof safes.

The invention consists in providing een tain or. the bolt bars withangular or can*- like devices engaging the other' adjacent bars so thatwhen the first' named bars actuated by the ordinary bolt handle, saidbars directly, and by very simple movement, actuate the other bars andhold them positively in place. This operating mechanism is usuallyprovided in connection with relatively long or continuous bolts carriedin sockets around the periphery of the door and arranged, When extended,to tit Within similar peripheral sockets in the jamb to form acontinuous lock and seal of great strength along each intersectionbetween the door and the safe body.

The accompanying drawing shows one eX- emplifying embodiment of theinvention.

It is to be understood that the invention may be embodied in otherforms, and I do not limit myself to details except as claimedhereinafter.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safe embodying the invention, thedoor being shown open and With a part of the inner lining cut away. Fig.2 is an enlarged transverse section through a part of the door and jamb. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the door swung open. F ig. 4 is adetail of the bolt bars to illustrate their action.

ln the drawing, 1 designates the safe body and 2 the door, hinged asusual. Along one or more, and usually along all of the edges of thedoor-opening, the jamb is provided with longitudinal sockets 3', and theadjacent edges of the door are provided with sockets 4, to correspond.Adapted to lie within the door sockets are bolt bars 5 which arepreferably continuous for each side of the door and are usually ofoblong crosssection, as shown. The vertical bars are specificati@ ofLetters Patent.

Serial No. 98,365.

usually provided with pins 6 entering guideholes 7 in the door to-relieve the bars of any tendency to vertical movement. The horizontalbars are operated by links 8 connected to disk 9 which is turned by thehandle (not shown). 'the links 8 and their mode of connection with thehandle for opcrating the bolt bars may be varied .considerably Withoutdeparting from the invention. The. horizontal bars are connected tooperate the vertical bars by providing the Patented Dec. 26, llanto. i

former with angularly arranged or inclined slots l0 and providing thelatter With simin larly arranged tongues 1l fitting in said slots. Thesetongues and slots constitute in effect cams, which, When the horizontalbars are extended, cause the vertical bars to be extended. Uponextension of the bars when the door is shut, the bolt bars, as clearlyshown in l 2, lie across the intersection o1 the door and casing all theWay around and et'ectually prevent damage to the safe orits contents bytire or burglary.

lit is evident that the arrangement of the cam slots 10 and the cams 11could be reversed, or the pin and slot connections could be substitutedfor the cams; also that the vertical bars could be operated by thehandle and in turn operate the horizontal bars. All such reversals oradaptations may be made without departing from the invention.

I claim Lln a safe or the like, the combination of a body having anopening, a door movu able therein, opposite, continuous bolt sock'- etsin the door and casing, horizontal and vertical bolt bars carriedby thedoor sockets, an angular cam connections between the vertical andhorizontal bars to actuate one sel? of bars directly by the movement ofthe otherset.

2. In `a safe or the like, the combination of a body having an opening,a door hinged therein, opposite bolt sockets in the door and casing,horizontal and vertical bolt bars carried by the door sockets, camconnections between the vertical and horizontal bars to actuate one setof bars directly by the movement of the other set, and means for movingone set of bars.

3. ln a safe or the like, the combination of a safe body having adoor-opening, a door hinged therein, continuous bolt sockets provided inthe opening, horizontal and vertical' bolts carried by the door at itsedges, il@

y thesecond pair is operated connections between two opposite bolts andthe handle 4for operating the same, and angular tongue and 4grooveconnections be-' tweenthe ends of said first; pair of bolts and the endsof the other pairof bolts whereby movementof the first air.

'4. In av safe or the' like, the combination I 'of a body having. anopening, adoor hinged therein, opposite continuous bolt sockets in thedoor and casi'ng, horizontal and vertical bolt bars carried by the doorsockets,- means for moving one pair of the bars directly by l the,action of a suitable'han'dle, and cam directly by the-connectionsbetween said pair and the other pair of; bars for operatingthe second pair directly by the action of the first pair.

5. In a safe or the like, the combination i 'upon'the vertical barsentering holes in the .door to support-the bars, Vand angular cam gconnections between the vertical and horizontal bars. to actliate oneset of bars directly by the movement of the other set.

FRANK PACKNGER.

